Thai girl, 2, becomes youngest person to be cryogenically frozen

By DAVID HARDING

|NEW YORK DAILY NEWS|

Apr 19, 2015 | 11:22 AM

Matheryn Noavaratpong became the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen, when her parents decided to opt for the drastic course of action in hopes that someday there is a cure for her particular type of cancer. (Facebook)

A 2-year-old girl from Thailand who died of cancer has become the youngest person in the world to be cryogenically frozen.

Matheryn Noavaratpong's heartbroken parents decided on the drastic course of action in the hope that medical advances will one day be able to cure her type of brain cancer and she can be revived, reports the Mirror.

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The young girl was initially diagnosed with an 11-centimeter tumor in her brain and despite extensive surgery, succumbed to her disease in January.

The family decided to switch off her life-support system, but before they did, they took the decision to try and help her eventually come back to life.

They contacted the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in the U.S., who carried out a cryoprotective procedure on her body before shipping Matheryn's body to Arizona.

The youngster's brain has been extracted and preserved in a stainless steel vacuum container, filled with liquid nitrogen.